Skip to Main Content
Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily



Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Top Story

Community members assembled alongside activist groups to protest the re-election of Donald Trump and Biden’s administration.

Activists march against two-party system

by Tyler Church
Published November 8, 2024

Several local activist groups organized a march through the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood Wednesday night to protest the two-party system of American democracy and the re-election of Donald Trump.Before...

Protesters barricading Morrill Hall on  Oct. 21.

SDS claims President Cunningham lied about taking faculty hostage

by Tyler Church
Published November 6, 2024

In a video posted to the Students for a Democratic Society’s (SDS) Instagram account on Oct. 31, the group defended themselves from accusations that they held faculty members hostage during their occupation...

President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at a rally held in the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.

Why AP called Wisconsin and the White House for Donald Trump

by Robert Yoon, Associated Press
Published November 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared that Republican Donald Trump won Wisconsin — and with it, a return to the White House — once it determined that remaining uncounted votes mostly...

Trump wins, election coverage

Trump wins, election coverage

The presidency, Congress, Minnesota Legislature and more are up for grabs on the general election Tuesday.The Minnesota Daily will provide live updates to this story as results come. Polls closed in...

Minneapolis has a leash law for dogs, which requires all dogs in public must be leashed, to help prevent bites.

Dog and cat bites up 30% in Minneapolis in 2024

by Katrina Bailey
Published November 5, 2024

Minneapolis Animal Care and Control Director Tony Schendel said the city is projecting a 30% increase in bites in 2024 compared to this time last year. That averages to more than 600 bites in 2024 compared...

The Lead and Healthy Homes team offers free lead testing for children in Minneapolis communities in the Leadie Eddie van (seen above). Courtesy of Jason Chavez.

City seeking end to childhood lead poisoning

by Katrina Bailey
Published November 3, 2024

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is planning an over $1 million investment in his 2025 budget to make Minneapolis the first city in the country to eliminate childhood lead poisoning.Minneapolis reported...

Snowfall on Halloween, 2024.

A look back on the 1991 Halloween blizzard

by Ainsley Brown
Published November 1, 2024

Like some years before, Halloween 2024 had snowfall. However, one Halloween stands out among the rest — Halloween 1991.At the time, the “megastorm,” as dubbed by a 1991 Minnesota Department of...

After former DBA president Kent Kramp sold his Dinkytown business in the spring, the organization became inactive, though it still exists legally.

The Dinkytown Business Alliance is dead — for now

by Grace Aigner
Published October 30, 2024

After Kent Kramp sold his Dinkytown business in the spring, the Dinkytown Business Alliance (DBA) that he ran for over five years immediately collapsed in his absence under the corporatizing Dinkytown...

The Jewish community feels less connected to campus. Courtesy of Chavi Steiner.

UMN Jewish community responds to campus climate

by Sophie Eydis
Published October 28, 2024

Since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the ongoing conflict in Gaza, there have been several anti-Israel protests at the University of Minnesota. Some of these protests have sparked fear...

Brosmer’s fourth touchdown pass of the day made him the first Minnesota quarterback to hit that mark since Tanner Morgan in 2019 against Northwestern.

Gophers trounce Terrapins in homecoming win

by Andrew Cornelius
Published October 27, 2024

Gopher Justin Walley read the quarterback, jumped the route and took his interception to the end zone putting the Gophers up 21 points in the first quarter. Minnesota never looked back in a 48-23 win.Students...

Accessibility Toolbar